Band clarity
One overall band, plus the exact criterion that is holding you back.IELTS Writing
Write essays, then see the band behind them.
Write Task 1 and Task 2 in a clean test screen. Then see your band score for each of the four official writing criteria.
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Task 2 prompt
Some people think that competition at work, at school and in daily life is a good thing.
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
Answer
Concrete fixes
Feedback tells you what to change: structure, vocabulary, grammar, and ideas.Repeatable loop
Write, review, rewrite — and watch your band move.Test view
A clean writing workspace for timed essays.
The question on one side, your essay on the other. The timer and word count stay visible but never get in the way.
Feedback view
Overall band, plus criteria-level feedback.
See Task Response, Coherence, Lexical Resource, and Grammar scored separately — so you know exactly what to fix next.
Coverage
Writing tasks covered
Academic Task 1General Task 1Task 2 essaysChartsMapsProcess diagrams
Strategy guides
Read before you practise.
15 guides on writing, built from the band descriptors, with worked examples and model answers.
Task 1
- How to describe a bar chart in IELTS Writing Task 1 Bar charts come in two kinds and they need opposite language. Check whether yours shows a single moment or a period of time before you write a word.
- How to describe a line graph in IELTS Writing Task 1 A repeatable structure for Task 1 line graphs: group the lines by behaviour, keep figures out of the overview, and select the three to five features that matter instead of listing everything.
- How to describe a map in IELTS Writing Task 1 Divide the map, not the timeline. Maps are the one Task 1 type where describing each visual in turn is guaranteed to cost you marks — plus the tense rules and the directional language you need.
- How to describe a pie chart in IELTS Writing Task 1 One pie or several? The answer decides whether you group by size or by what changed — and giving each chart its own paragraph is the error that caps most answers at band 6.
- How to describe a process diagram in IELTS Writing Task 1 Process diagrams follow different rules from charts: the voice depends on whether the process is natural or man-made, and the overview has to say more than how many stages there are.
- How to describe a table in IELTS Writing Task 1 A table hands you more numbers than any other Task 1 question and expects you to use six of them. Here is how to choose which, and why there is no rule about rows versus columns.
- How to describe mixed charts in IELTS Writing Task 1 Two visuals, one answer, still 150 words. Whether you compare across them or handle them separately depends on one thing: do they share categories?
- IELTS Writing Task 1: Academic charts and GT letters Task 1 is the half of IELTS Writing candidates prepare least. What each version asks for, how it is marked, and the mistakes that cap the band.
Task 2
- IELTS Advantages and Disadvantages Essay: structure and model answer Two prompts look almost identical and want different essays. 'What are the advantages and disadvantages' needs no opinion; 'do the advantages outweigh' demands a verdict. Structure, model essay and the trap.
- IELTS Discussion Essay: structure, model answer and the order that scores Discuss both views and give your own opinion. Cover the side you disagree with first, then your own with more weight — plus a full model essay and the mistakes that cap it at band 6.
- IELTS Opinion Essay: structure, model answer and the band 7 rules Agree or disagree questions want one side, held consistently, for four paragraphs. Here is the structure, a full model essay, and the four things that cap a competent opinion essay at band 6.
- IELTS Problem and Solution Essay: structure and model answer Every solution must fix a cause you already named. That single rule is what separates a band 7 problem and solution essay from a band 6 one — plus the structure and a full model answer.
- IELTS Two-Part Question Essay: structure and model answer Two direct questions, one paragraph each, both answered. It is the most forgiving Task 2 type and the easiest to fail by answering only one — here is the structure and a full model essay.
- IELTS Writing Task 2 topics: the themes that keep appearing The recurring Task 2 topic families, the four question formats they arrive in, and how to prepare ideas without memorising essays.
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